All regions
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Country profile: Ukraine
Written well before Russia’s recent invasion, this 2020 profile of Ukraine, by Bennett Murray, provides context to the often-raised issue of fascism in the country.
Should emergency aid be neutral and unconditional?
Khin Ohmar and Toby Lanzer explore the complex trade-offs made by humanitarians working under repressive regimes.
Trapped in the state-corporate nexus
Villagers in the Indian state of Odisha are fighting a major steel plant development, in the face of intense repression – yet again. Aritra Bhattacharya reports.
Introducing...Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento
Could social reformer Iris Xiomara Castro overturn Honduras’ reputation for authoritarian governance and corruption? Richard Swift weighs up the possibilities.
Taking back the streets
A message to the powers that be in Buenos Aires – with a song and a dance. Virginia Tognola joins in.
The gathering storm
Leo Sakamoto laments the dawn of the climate era – and worries for the fate of the most vulnerable.
The interview: Muhanned Qafesha
Human rights activist Muhanned Qafesha talks about the life-and-death battle to defend Palestine from illegal demolitions and settlements.
‘They will take my daughters’
Europe has a dark history of policing Roma women’s wombs. Cyrine Sinti investigates attempts to redress forced sterilization in the Czech Republic.
Go west
Yaron Matras examines the evolution of language and culture during the Roma’s 1,000 year journey from the Indian sub-continent to modern day Europe.
Iraq: at a glance
For so long subject to ‘the tyranny of strangers’, Zoe Holman explores the ongoing appetite for change in Iraq.
An India-UK trade deal could mean a race to the bottom for Indian workers
Two themes loom over the announcement that the UK is launching trade talks with India – farmers and Big Pharma, says Jean Blaylock.
Introducing...Jonas Gahr Støre
Norway’s new left-leaning prime minister is a product of Europe’s neoliberal discontent, argues Richard Swift.
How British colonizers caused the Bengal famine
Jason Hickel shines a different light on a catastrophe that killed three million Indians.
Rule of silence
A hard-line regime in Greek refugee camps is making life harder for the migrants within them, as well as aid workers who want to help. Sebastian Skov Andersen and Gabriel Geiger report.
Prisoners of occupation
Palestinians continue to be brutalized in Israeli jails, despite international criticism. Kasturi Chakraborty speaks to prisoners’ families about their struggles.
‘This factory was killing our brothers and sisters in Palestine, we had to do something’
Bethany Rielly speaks to the campaigners who risked jail time to drive weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems, out of their town.
Old school adaptation
Moushumi Basu reports from Assam, India, on the people turning to traditional ‘home grown’ strategies to keep their communities fed and deal with the uncertainty of climate change.
‘Anti-nationalism’: the spectre haunting Indian higher education
Highly networked rightwing students, acting with political patronage, are stifling academic freedom, writes Sruti Bala.
Stay or go: villagers vs big coal
Germany may have committed to phasing out coal but that hasn’t stopped mine expansion plans which threaten two villages. Paul Krantz and Leo Frick report.
Taking on the torch-bearers of patriarchy
A growing number of women are going against the stream in India, writes Nilanjana Bhowmick.
The interview: Isabel Allende
Graeme Green speaks to the Chilean author about her inspiration and the power of fiction as a useful history teacher.
‘Let’s not make the same mistake again’
Ritu Mahendru speaks to Afghan aid organizations who claim international sanctions are making it harder to feed people in a country on the edge of famine.
From fear to romance in Nairobi’s parks
Nanjala Nyabola on how Nairobi’s young lovers have claimed the city’s public spaces.
VIDEO: ‘It’s a battle to survive’
An intimate 7-minute video portrait shares a stonecutter’s family struggling with hunger in Sierra Leone.
Saving the Wild Coast from Big Oil
Mike Loewe reports from South Africa on the community fighting to stop Shell from exploration along its wildlife-rich shores.
‘Our whole truth will come out’
Roxana Olivera reports on the indigenous women who could make legal history by holding a Canadian mining company to account for its operatives overseas.
Tunisia: at a glance
A decade on from the revolution, and after a succession of chaotic governments, is democracy teetering in Tunisia, asks Francesca Ebel?
Hall of infamy: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Despite mass unemployment and a deep food crisis, Turkmenistan’s image-obsessed president claims poverty does not exist in his country.
Spotlight: DJ Switch
DJ Switch, a 13-year-old campaigner for children’s rights and all-round powerhouse, talks with Subi Shah.
Holding out for the harvest
Narendra Modi has announced his intention to repeal the contentious agriculture laws unwaveringly resisted by India's farmers for over a year. Navsharan Singh gives the back story to the movement.
A fine kettle of fish
Iris Gonzales visits Manila’s largest fish port, where the effects of an international dispute are playing out.
